SV12-Day 6

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Vocabulary Day 6

1. dos-, dot- (Greek > Latin: to give; to dose; a giving, a gift).
  • Example: anecdote: To give a short account of an interesting or humorous incident.
  • Sentence: My grandfather was always great for telling a witty anecdote at the dinner table.

2. celer- (Latin: fast, speed, swift, rapid).
  • Example: celerity: Swiftness, speed.
  • Sentence: I finished my grocery shopping with celerity and style, just as the store was closing.

3. dexter-, dextra-, dextro- (Latin: right, right hand, to the right; therefore, "skillful
  • Example: dexterous: skillful with hands
  • Sentence: The tiny woman secured the toys with her small dexterous hands.

4. extra-, extro: Latin: beyond, outside, external
  • Example:Extraneous: irrelevant, more information than necessary.
  • Sentence: The test proctor gave extraneous directions for the test, causing us to start a half hour later.

5. -her-, -hes- (Latin: stick to, cling to, cleave to).
  • Example: incoherent, incoherently, incoherentness: Without physical coherence or cohesion; consisting of parts which do not stick or cling together; unconnected, disjoined, loose.
  • Sentence: Her story was incoherent and I couldn’t follow who had done what.

6. mal- (Latin: bad, badly, harsh, wrong; ill; evil; abnormal, defective
  • Example: maladroit: Lacking adroitness or dexterity; awkward, bungling, clumsy.
  • Hillary Duff is famous for playing a maladroit teenager, tripping her way to TV stardom.

7. livid-, liv- (Latin > French: bluish, livid; bluish color;
  • Example: Pallid: pale
  • Sentence: I felt the pallid student’s forehead when she complained of feeling ill.

8. sump-, -sum- (Latin: a taking, to take up, select; to use, spend, consume).
  • Example: presumptuous: Characterized by presumption, sure of something without proof; cocky
  • Sentence: It was awfully presumptuous of you to get me ice cream without asking me first, but I’m glad you did.

9. anima-, anim- (Latin: animal life; breath; soul; mind).
  • Example: animosity: A feeling or spirit of hostility and resentment; dislike.
  • Sentence: A quiet animosity had been simmering between the sisters for years, until the day of their volcanic argument.

10. arch-, archi-, -arch (Greek > Latin: chief, principal leader, first)
  • Example: archetype: A typical, ideal, or classic example of something
  • Sentence: The wicked witch in The Wizard of Oz is the archetype of Halloween costumes to this day.